Novogratz Bridge Year Program

04/28/2020

Missed our Princeton Preview virtual panel last week? Don’t worry. You can watch the recording now ahead of our May 3 application deadline!

04/23/2020

Please join us tonight, April 23, at 8pm EST for an information panel about the Novogratz Bridge Year program. Staff from the Office of International Programs, members of the Bridge Year team, and three Bridge Year program alums who are current Princeton students, will be on-hand to answer your questions. Register using the link: https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fy0n7DnBSdCU3nsuvKaNrw

02/27/2020

Head over to our website to read Bridge Year Senegal's latest Update from the Field. The students reflect on the rhythms and routines of Dakar, Senegal, a city they have now become very familiar with.

Our lives have come to be defined by rhythm. In our second Update from the Field, we invite you to get a glimpse of how we became woven into the fabric of Dakar’s rhythm.

02/17/2020

Check out the Bridge Year Indonesia crew's Update from the Field about transportation, getting around Yogyakarta, and their daily routines!

Whether during travel periods or our daily routines in Yogyakarta, our Bridge Year lives seem to be constantly in transit. We decided to recollect our time in Indonesia by reflecting on our lives in transit, focusing both on the myriad forms of transportation we rely on, and on the other less tangib...

02/14/2020

Warmest congratulations to Emma Coley '20 (Bridge Year Bolivia 15-16) on receiving the Pyne Honor Prize. The Pyne Prize is awarded to the Princeton senior who has demonstrated excellent scholarship, strength of character, and effective leadership.

Emma Coley and Ben Press have been named co-winners of the 2020 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on a Princeton undergraduate. They will be recognized at a luncheon during Alumni Day on campus Saturday, Feb. 22.

12/17/2019

In our first "Spotlight on..." story this year, Zoey Nell '24 reflects on language learning, her Independent Enrichment Activity, and finding a balance during her first few months in Senegal. Read about Zoey's experience here:

I’m working on living a more intentional life here in Senegal, and I’ve made some good first steps. Right now I am working on finding balance. Finding balance with what I eat, how I spend my time, and what my priorities are. I’m only at the beginning of this journey, and perhaps starting a lit...

12/13/2019

Congratulations to the students admitted early action to ! We hope you will consider the Novogratz Bridge Year Program, where you can begin your Princeton experience engaged in service at one of five international locations. Visit our website for more information:

The Novogratz Bridge Year Program allows incoming students to begin their Princeton experience engaged in nine months of tuition-free, University-sponsored service at one of five international locations. Bridge Year participants study the local language, live with carefully selected homestay familie...

12/06/2019

Continuing with our theme of the week, food, enjoy this group Update from the Field written by the Bridge Year India students about their first bites of Indian foods and their reflections on what they have learned about cooking, agriculture, water use and more.

Food provides insight into the climate, preferences, and organization of a society. It is also a prevalent connector, linking the farmer to the buyer, the buyer to the cook, and the cook to the consumer. Food impacts our daily lives in a myriad of ways which we are unable to capture in a mere 6,741....

12/04/2019

Happy Thanksgiving (a few days late) from the Novogratz Bridge Year Program! Tejas Gupta and Sydney Eck from Bridge Year India reflect on food, family, gratitude, and celebrating an American holiday abroad in a special Update from the Field.

11/26/2019

Warmest congratulations to Kyle Berlin ‘18 (Bridge Year Peru 13-14) on being selected as a member of the George J. Mitchell scholar class of 2021. Kyle will study Culture and Colonialism at the National University of Ireland, Galway, next year!

Princeton's 2018 valedictorian Kyle Berlin and University Trustee Achille Tenkiang have been named George J. Mitchell Scholars.

11/15/2019

Read the Bridge Year China groups' reflections on relationship building during their first months in China, now live on our website! https://oip.princeton.edu/our-programs/novogratz-bridge-year/updates-field/group-update-china-13

10/23/2019

The first Update from the Field written by the 2019-20 Novogratz Bridge Year cohort is live! Read about how the group in Senegal is navigating language learning, and being welcomed into Sengalese culture. Read the full Update here:
https://oip.princeton.edu/our-programs/novogratz-bridge-year/updates-field/greetings-senegal